You Shook Me Blues Harp Riff
You know you shook me baby. You shook me all night looooooooong.
You Shook Me Transcribed For Harmonica
Lesson Info
Difficulty: Bending required
Lesson Length: 2:22
Instructor: George Goodman
Help File
You Shook Me - Harmonica Tabs -
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Gear Used
This riff can be played on any key harmonica but I am using a C harmonica in this one because most people have a C harmonica if they have any harmonica. If you need one, use my links for the best prices online:
Musical Challenges
Single notes sound best here. The Lip Pucker technique is the way to go for that.
High notes can be challenging and you want to avoid a thin sound. Support from the diaphragm makes the higher octave versions fuller.
Playing single notes and Breathing Techniques are all covered in Harmonica Essentials - Check out the course material here: Harmonica Essentials Course
Video Timeline
You Shook Me is a classic old Blues song that has a great melody that we can lift to work on our bending in second position.
I chose to use a C harmonica for this which puts us in Blues in G. The C harmonica is a good choice for starting out. It is centrally tuned - not too high and not too low. The key of C has no sharps or flats so it's easier to talk and understand theory in this key. Most of the lessons on this site use a C harmonica.
You can find a downloadable version of the harmonica tabs under the Help File link above.
Have fun. Let me know how you make out. Leave a comment.
Peace. Stay in tune.
George
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great little riff. thanks.